Design Manager

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Christian Held

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Design Manager

We're looking for a Design Manager to join our Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment Works team based in Rickmansworth.

Location: Rickmansworth, Maple Lodge
Hours: Perm, Full Time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead design delivery on a major sewage treatment works project for Thames Water. As Design Manager, you'll coordinate multidisciplinary teams, oversee the design process from concept through to handover, and ensure solutions are safe, compliant, buildable and sustainable. You'll work within a collaborative Tier 1 contractor environment, providing leadership in design assurance, risk management and stakeholder coordination to deliver this important infrastructure project.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Manager, you'll be working within the Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment Works team, supporting them in delivering resilient and reliable infrastructure that protects treatment performance and safeguards the environment. Your day to day will include:

  • Leading the design process across all project stages, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring delivery to agreed milestones
  • Managing design assurance, governance and verification, implementing reviews and maintaining comprehensive records
  • Coordinating with clients, designers, suppliers and stakeholders, communicating progress and managing design risks and changes
  • Supporting construction, commissioning and handover with technical guidance and design information
  • Promoting Safe by Design principles and fulfilling Designer duties under CDM 2015

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Manager is great for you if:

  • You have demonstrable experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and consultants within contractor-led construction or infrastructure projects
  • You bring proven experience in the water industry, with understanding of water and wastewater capital delivery
  • You have strong background in managing design delivery, assurance, programmes, interfaces and stakeholder relationships throughout the project lifecycle
  • You hold a degree, HND or equivalent qualification in civil, electrical, mechanical or process engineering, or demonstrable equivalent experience
  • You have membership of a relevant professional institution and hold a Full driving licence

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-CH1.

  • Location: Rickmansworth
  • Vacancy ID: 12857
  • Background check: None
  •  Closing date: 27 Oct 2026
  • Contract type: Permanent
  • Working hours: Full Time
  • Flexible working: Yes

    Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.


 

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